877: The Lifeline
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Today\\u2019s poem is The Lifeline by P\\xe1draig \\xd3 Tuama.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes\\u2026 \\u201cWhen natural disaster occurs, when catastrophe falls upon us, we humans lean into life. We need the counterbalancing force of creation and renewal to tilt the world back toward meaning and light. We pursue activities that resist a chaos of the mind and spirit, some endeavor that gives us a foothold on the unthinkable, an anchor, a reminder of the eternal nature of existence.\\u201d
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